diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/umd/dawn/common/filters/CaseInsensitiveFilter.java b/src/main/java/edu/umd/dawn/common/filters/CaseInsensitiveFilter.java
index 5abc7f51334ddfb1edd7761dc703321c9c82f5fb..57cc5d1b586326a5b6215a43ca0dfe9e8b8e1a23 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/umd/dawn/common/filters/CaseInsensitiveFilter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/umd/dawn/common/filters/CaseInsensitiveFilter.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class CaseInsensitiveFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
     @Override
     protected void doFilterInternal(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, FilterChain filterChain)
             throws ServletException, IOException {
-        final Map<String, String[]> formattedParams = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+        Map<String, String[]> formattedParams = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 
         List<String> invalidParameterCase = new ArrayList<>();